Oh noes! No more pillows in f?
May 21, 2011, 11:50 pm
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Oh noes! No more pillows in f?
I was on a transcon to SFO in F on Friday. There was a fuss and a delay after boarding due to an aircraft swap. Catering was late, as were other supplies. After a delay pillows showed up and the purser handed them out in F. He said "take them home because there was not going to be any more pillows in First after today". Oh noes! Can it be true?
May 22, 2011, 3:43 am
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CO still has pillows (TMK), so I doubt it.
ETA: CO did have pillows on my last redeye flight with them (LAX-CLE)--that's the only time I use pillows. They were white.
ETA: CO did have pillows on my last redeye flight with them (LAX-CLE)--that's the only time I use pillows. They were white.
Last edited by MatthewLAX; May 23, 2011 at 5:05 am
May 22, 2011, 4:28 am
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while i'm on the topic, the CO blankets are pathetic and serve as a reminder of how poor airline service is. great change...
May 22, 2011, 5:37 am
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I rarely use the pillows so this would be a nothing to me. YMMV.
May 22, 2011, 5:41 am
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Negative. CO is the only carrier who does not provide pillows in F on domestic flights. They may have some transcons as an exception, but in general, CO does not have pillows and hasn't had them for a couple years now.
Unfortunately, this is yet another CO negative that is coming over to the "world's leading airline."
If you want pillows, they're available on AA, US, DL, and up until yesterday, UA.
May 22, 2011, 6:15 am
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Oh noooooooo!
I love having a pillow, particularly on the HNL>ORD red eye. I can actually sleep on a plane but not without a pillow of some sort and it is such a nuisance to lug those horseshoe thingys all over. If the FA's want peace and quiet from the pax, just give them a pillow and blanket and set the scene for sleep....
A change I DON'T LIKE
A change I DON'T LIKE
May 22, 2011, 6:51 am
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I use them for lumbar support. So I'll now have to take along my own little travel pillow--something else to worry about.
May 22, 2011, 7:04 am
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Another awesome "change I'm going to like"!
May 22, 2011, 7:12 am
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Does this mean NO pillows on p.s flights either?...
May 22, 2011, 7:58 am
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CO hasn't had pillows on (non-HNL) domestic F on any of my flights in the past two weeks. They do have a reasonably substantial blanket (better than the UA gauze blanker), available on request, or usually in the bin above seat 1E, which can be rolled up to provide lumbar support.
I hope they adopt UA's pillow and CO's blanket.
I hope they adopt UA's pillow and CO's blanket.
May 22, 2011, 8:17 am
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At the very least pillows were great for lumbar support when you sat in a well-worn F seat (especially the RJs). What's next to go, the table cloth and napkin linen?
May 22, 2011, 8:31 am
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I agree w/ the others re: the pillows for lumbar support. I could perhaps understand taking them out of Y, but F? Makes no sense to me.
Cheers.
Cheers.
May 22, 2011, 8:32 am
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May 22, 2011, 10:13 am
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CO's seats also seem to have less lumbar support than UA ones.
May 22, 2011, 10:53 am
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